A 56-year-old man who told police he stabbed his ex-girlfriend five times in a northeast Bend Safeway store because he was distraught over their breakup pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder and a half-dozen other felony charges stemming from the October incident.

David Michael Molinaro said little at the hearing in Deschutes County Circuit Court, other than to admit he stabbed Safeway employee Cheryle True as well as her co-worker, Larry Oakley, and tried to stab the store’s assistant manager, Ryan Dillon, the night of Oct. 29.

At the time, Molinaro told investigators that he “saw red and just lost it,” when he shoved his way into the grocery store’s office and wrestled with Dillon before stabbing True in the neck and back and Oakley in the abdomen, according to police records.

Molinaro then bolted from the store, pulled a shotgun from a rental truck he was driving and pointed it at a customer, according to police.

After the stabbings, Molinaro barricaded himself inside his southeast Bend home for about three hours before a police negotiator convinced him to come out.

During a search of the home, authorities found a suicide note on Molinaro’s kitchen table, two 12-gauge shotguns, ammunition and two knives, according to a police inventory.

Molinaro was a regular customer at the store on Northeast 27th Street and U.S. Highway 20 and had dated several women who worked there. He began seeing True, 49, in 2007, but she ultimately broke things off.

Court records show that True called the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office six days before the stabbing to report “repeated unwanted contacts” from Molinaro. The deputy told True how to get a restraining order and told Molinaro to leave her alone, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.

True did not return a call for comment on the guilty plea Tuesday, and Dillon was out of the area. Oakley could not be reached.

Molinaro, who has no criminal history in Oregon, also pleaded guilty Tuesday to first- and second-degree assault, attempted assault and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon.

Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan said his office will ask for Molinaro to serve a 15-year, five-month prison term.

Molinaro is being held at the Deschutes County jail without bail and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 1.